I inadvertently said a title, Eat, Praise, Love, which was translated into Chinese as "Eating, Praying, Love". The friends in the group seemed strange and asked me to introduce them one after another, so I told them about my feelings about this book. Unexpectedly, several people said they would buy it and read it, which made me very happy and increased my confidence in sharing it.
I first came into contact with this book in my junior year. At that time, I didn't have many classes, and I was idle every day. After eating, drinking and sleeping, I decided to turn over a new leaf and turn over a new leaf. So I bought a lot of English books from Dangdang and vowed to read five original English books before graduation. Just when the promotion was on, I put all the books that I thought were worth buying after reading the article in the shopping cart, and then rationally emptied them one by one.
One of them is Eat, Praise, Love. The author is Elizabeth Gilbert from the United States. After going through divorce, leaving home clean and losing everything, she decided to go to Italy, India and Indonesia to feel the beauty of different countries. During this brand-new journey of discovery, she revived her inner hope for life and finally was able to face her true self bravely.
I ate in Italy, prayed in India, and finally found the true love of my life in Indonesia. Elizabeth thinks it is fate to go to Italy, India, Indonesia. It was also inadvertently that she discovered that the names of these three countries all started with I, which was doomed to be a journey of self-pursuit. So, with the purpose of exploring the heart and discovering herself, she set off.
In beautiful Italy, she went to a full-time school to study Italian. The students in her class 1 1 came from all over the world, but none of them had to stay in Italy, neither because of work nor because of their studies. There was only one simple reason: they felt like learning Italian. And all this is only because they can feel the beauty and charm of the language when they speak Italian. I also met a language partner who helped each other. He was a very warm-hearted handsome guy. In my spare time, I will go to eat all the delicious food in Italian streets with my classmates or this language partner, regardless of the change of waistline.
But every night, she goes back to her apartment alone and stays in her room. Loneliness and despair always come quietly at this moment, and meet her unexpectedly in the dark. At this time, she always thinks of everything before the divorce, and another voice always rings in her ear: Why can't you always maintain a long-term relationship? Why did you destroy your marriage yourself? Why can't you always live in harmony and happiness with every closest man in your life? Why are you lying alone in a bed in a foreign country? Sleep in self-torture every night.
Fortunately, however, she met God, who lingered in doubt and belief again and again, and finally became firmly convinced. She heard the soft voice from God, which always appeared in time after she was puzzled and troubled and unable to get rid of it. So she wrote a passage to herself: "I am here, I love you. I don't care if you cry late alone at night, I will always be with you. . . . . . Nothing can make you lose my love. . . . . . . I am stronger than despair, braver than loneliness, and nothing can exhaust me. "
So, I can finally sleep peacefully every night, I can finally make friends with peace of mind every day, I can also face my ex-husband's heartbreaking accusations frankly, and I can bravely uncover the emotional scars in the process of getting along with my boyfriend David. Maybe I thought that there was still room for manoeuvre for a long time before, and I can continue to make friends and get together again after traveling, but at least my body is honest. After talking to her mother, she finally held her breath and typed on the keyboard: "If you want to find another partner in your life, I will bless you with all my heart." Send it to David. After receiving the other person's "yes, it's time to say goodbye forever." I've thought about it too, but we don't need each other. Nevertheless, I'm sure that one day you will find the love of your life, I'm sure. After all, "beauty attracts beauty." When such an email is sent, it can be confirmed that this once so happy and tortured relationship has finally come to an end, and she has finally lost the man she once loved deeply.
Then time and space changed to India, and Elizabeth came here to meet the Guru to learn yoga, sing and meditate with the people in the hall, and then fell asleep unconsciously during meditation. I met Corella with the "I am in SILENCE" badge and started to do Seva, which means selfless and pious work in Indian, that is, wiping the floor.
But when you figure it out and find temporary happiness at a stage, it doesn't mean that you find inner peace, forgive yourself and achieve a balance in life. When I came to India, listening to the master's disciples talking about the scriptures, Elizabeth turned the books over and over, fidgety, and finally she boldly said: Guru Gita is not suitable for me, it is long and obscure, and I can't keep up with it at all. I also feel extremely uneasy about my life, just like losing myself. The disciple gave a wise answer: since you have such a strong psychological and physiological reaction, it shows that it still has a positive effect. Hang in there.
Continue to force yourself in irritability and try to meditate. Several failures were also mercilessly ridiculed by Richard from Texas. Elizabeth didn't expect that it was this annoying middle-aged man who began to learn to forgive herself and release herself after sharing some heartbreaking things she had done to her family before coming to India. Before leaving, Richard said: Don't leave India until you completely forgive yourself. If you do this, other problems will be solved by yourself. She no longer lives in deep guilt for her ex-husband, and she is no longer agitated. The harvest in India is summed up in one sentence: God embodies you, and God is not interested in seeing the looks and manners of a believer. The person who walks quietly and has a holy smile on his face is the Virgin Mary, not me. The embodiment of God in me is me!
So she can finally leave for her next destination. That's Bali!
The first person I met in Bali was Ketut, the famous local old witch doctor she had visited a year ago. Here, what Elizabeth wants to find is inner balance. Talk to Ketut every day, meditate every day and listen to the sounds of nature. Everything was very calm and beautiful until I met Felipe, a Brazilian man who also had an unhappy marriage and was looking for a way out of the marriage pain here in Bali. In the struggle between love and losing herself, Elizabeth finally understands and accepts the only thrill in her life.
Ketut said that sometimes losing balance because of love is also a manifestation of life balance. It is because of this sentence that Elizabeth understands that balance has always been with her and never left. She finally understood: "As long as you can bravely give up everything you are familiar with, no matter what you like or hate, and start the process of exploring the truth, including the psychological process, as long as you can regard what you have seen and heard in the process as clues, as long as you can treat everyone you meet along the way as teachers, and most importantly, as long as you can face and forgive your bad side, then you will explore the truth!"
Three different places, three different journeys, and three different moods. Maybe, like Elizabeth, we are struggling to find happiness, tranquility and balance, but as long as we keep walking and bravely face our true hearts, we will eventually see and have everything we need!
Until now, I will read this book from time to time, especially after I found the movie version, which is even more regarded as a treasure. Every once in a while, when I don't know the direction or feel lonely and desperate, I will find out, watch movies carefully by myself, then my eyes will be wet and dry, my eyes will be bright again, and the road ahead will be clear!